Infection
nounid
75766·updated May 18, 2026verified
(medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
polysemous
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Variants
- synonym
- contagiontransmission
- plural
- Infections
- possessive
- Infection's
- pluralpossessive
- Infections'
Framework definitions
- §1
- in international law, an illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
- §2
- moral corruption or contamination
- §3
- the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
- §4
- an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
- §5
- (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
- §6
- (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
- §7
- the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
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